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Question
Answer the following question briefly:
With reference to the rise of Indian nationalism, answer the following questions:
Mention the discriminatory policies that were greatly resented by the Indian intellectuals.
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Solution
Discriminatory policies adopted by the British:
- Indians were debarred from using parks, clubs, hospitals, libraries, and railway coaches reserved exclusively for the British.
- All important positions in the administration were also reserved for the British. (Surendranath Banerjee was ” dismissed from the Indian Civil Service on flimsy grounds) Nominated Indian members in the Legislative Councils were not given any powers.
- British economic policies sacrificed Indian interests to those of the British. Lord Lytton‘s discriminatory policies caused great resentment among the educated Indians.
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